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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 4, 2018Fayette County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 AM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2018, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Fayette County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
499 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

096 
WWUS81 KRLX 040607
SPSRLX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
207 AM EDT WED APR 4 2018

WVZ015-027-517-519-040630-
Clay-Kanawha-Northwest Nicholas-Northwest Fayette-
207 AM EDT WED APR 4 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES...

At 207 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Powellton, or
12 miles northwest of Fayetteville, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Montgomery, Ansted, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley Bridge,
Pratt, Burnwell, Powellton, Glen, Hawks Nest State Park, Handley,
Swiss, Sharon, Bentree and Pond Gap.

This includes West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 65 and 77,
and between mile markers 79 and 80.
 
LAT...LON 3816 8146 3841 8124 3810 8089 3806 8093
      3800 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 245DEG 53KT 3812 8132 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason45 min
Apr 3, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason33 min
Apr 3, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Harrison24 min
Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison34 min
Apr 3, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne23 min
Apr 4, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln29 min
Apr 4, 12:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne33 min
Apr 4, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo31 min
Apr 4, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo55 min
Apr 4, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Clay63 min
Apr 4, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette21 min
Apr 4, 2:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming29 min
Apr 4, 2:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Raleigh, Wyoming24 min
Apr 4, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster60 min
Apr 4, 3:14 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRLXBarbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more16 hr
Apr 4, 5:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay44 min
Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood62 hr
Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXWood50 hr
Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXJackson, Wood3 days
Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMason3 days
Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMason3 days
Apr 4, 11:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood15 hr
Apr 4, 1:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMason63 hr
Apr 3, 11:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXAthens54 hr
Apr 4, 3:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton, Washington36 hr
Apr 4, 4:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington24 hr
Apr 4, 6:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington6 hr
Apr 4, 2:18 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence20 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.